IVORY COAST expects to record one of the worst mid-crop cocoa harvests of the last 15 years this season with production seen no higher than 300,000 metric tons (MT) compared with a yearly average of ...
Bean supplies from the October-to March main crop harvest are tailing off, farmers said. Cocoa beans arrivals at Ivory Coast's two main ports for the week of Jan. 13-19 were at 34,000 metric tons ...
The cocoa plants need rain to stimulate flowering and facilitate the development of pods. Additionally, steady precipitation every 10 days in January can improve the bean yield and quality from ...
Security operations initiated at the start of the cocoa harvest in October showed widespread smuggling of an “agricultural cash crop” in western Ivory Coast, General Lassina Doumbia ...
AROSI One cocoa farmers of West Makira, Makira-Ulawa Province have been warned not to sell unripe cocoa fruits. Local Cocoa buyers who also dry wet cocoa beans in the Arosi One area made the reminder ...
Bad weather, failed government policies and a fast-spreading virus are reducing output from the world’s top cocoa-growing countries. Cocoa was the best-performing commodity in 2024, outpacing ...